Last month [January] I started a series of blogs on my Geelong & District site feature articles from the Geelong Advertiser in 1841 – that’s 175 years ago. If the articles are about places that might interest a wider audience then I’ll post a link here.

This particular blog covered a number of harbours around Victoria and southern New South Wales. It’s definitely worth reading!

If someone requests and pays for any items, they are no longer available for others – first in, best dressed.

Items can be collected from me on the Bellarine Peninsula [in Victoria] or posted – obviously I will need to check the weight and destination to confirm postage costs which will be added to the price of the book(s).

Items must be paid for before they can be posted or collected – direct Internet banking is the preferred option – other options charge too much which considerably reduces the amount I receive.

If you wish I can provide contacts of others who have purchased some of my books – they will vouch for me!

If you wish to get in touch and/or purchase any books, you can CONTACT ME HERE.

In case you haven’t worked it out yet, the majority of my books are for history, genealogy, and research.

Lots of Australians ask me about relatives of theirs who drove for Cobb & Co or who they think owned competitor firms in 19th century Australia. Check out the list to see if your relative is there. If there is a Cobb & Co driver missing, let me know!

In the past years dozens of families have written to provide updates to the list below. It has been further enlarged to over 940 through a painstaking review of old newspaper records.

GFHG MeetingMarch 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pmBelmont Library, 163 High St, Geelong VIC 3216, AustraliaPresenter: Peter Begg; Topic: The creation of his book - Geelong - The First 150 Years - from his Geelong Advertiser day by day articles.